Final Project What is a PLN?

This is for all those future EDM 310 students who get half way through the entire semester and still don't have a clue what a PLN is. An easy concept once you get used to it, in fact you'll question how you ever thought you could be an educator without this knowledge. But in the beginning, many of us struggled with wrapping our heads around this concept, so I hope this makes it a little easier.

Special Metaphor Assignment (Blog Post 14)

1. I believe that I missed the metaphor, because I really was not paying attention. I think that I read into it to much. I was so concentrated on doing the assignment and doing it well that I did not even catch the humor in the post. I also believe that the post was actually kind of difficult in getting the metaphor revealed. After reading up on Tom Johnson I should have caught on right away, but like I said I was probably concentrating to hard on getting the project done.
2. The best metaphor that I come across is the one that "football is life". In being a coach I am surrounded by sports and this metaphor is the one that sticks out to me. In so many ways this is true. Football teaches you life skills the biggest one being whgen you get knocked down you have to keep getting up. Now football is not actually life, but the metaphor is used by so many coaches, because it can teach you so many skills that you will need in life.
3. To help our student learn about metaphors, first thing is we have to teach them what a exactly what is a metaphor. Then we have to show them the proper way to use metaphors. Also we have to show them when is a good time a metaphor is used and what it is used for. If we do this I believe that the students will catch on and begin to use metaphors.
4. I believe we use metaphors to open our eyes to certain things. I think that we need humor in a way to make life enjoyable. And using metaphors does bring out the humor in our lives. This is because metaphors can have a funny swing to them and usually are humorous.

PLN Final Report

My PLN started out with a few coaches that I was following on Twitter. I also had a few websites that I kept in contact with that I mentioned in my first report. These particular things were very helpful in my continuing to learn the coaching progress. I have actually gotten my first coaching job this year. I will be coaching at McGill Toolen High School in the fall. This helps my PLN in that now while I am finishing up school I will get to learn under other coaches. I also will get the experience I need that will help me when I do get a teaching job. Not only will I get the experience, but I also will get to meet new coaches. And I have come to find out that in this business it is more of who you know than what you know. So meeting new coaches around the area can really help me out.